A formula for the α-Futaki character

Abstract

Alvarez-Consul--Garcia-Fernandez--Garcia-Prada introduced the K\"ahler-Yang-Mills equations. They also introduced the $\alpha$-Futaki character, an analog of the Futaki invariant, as an obstruction to the existence of the K\"ahler-Yang-Mills equations. The equations depend on a coupling constant $\alpha$. Solutions of these equations with coupling constant $\alpha>0$ are of utmost importance. In this paper, we provide a formula for the $\alpha$-Futaki character on certain ample line bundles over toric manifolds. We then show that there are no solutions with $\alpha>0$ on certain ample line bundles over certain toric manifolds and compute the value of $\alpha$ if a solution exists. We also relate our result to the existence result of Keller-Friedman in dimension-two.